SHSAT Logical Reasoning Flashcards
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All mammals are warm-blooded. A whale is a mammal. Therefore:
Answer: Whales are warm-blooded
Using deductive reasoning: all mammals are warm-blooded, and whales are mammals, so whales must be warm-blooded.
If today is Wednesday, what day will it be in 10 days?
Answer: Saturday
10 days after Wednesday: 10 mod 7 = 3, so three days after Wednesday is Saturday.
In a sequence 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, what is the next number?
Answer: 37
The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — increasing odd numbers — so add 11 to 26 to get 37.
Maria is taller than Jake. Jake is taller than Sam. Who is the shortest?
Answer: Sam
Maria > Jake > Sam, so Sam is the shortest in this chain.
If HOUSE is coded as IPVTF, how is DOOR coded?
Answer: EPPS
Each letter is shifted one position forward in the alphabet: D→E, O→P, O→P, R→S = EPPS.
A store sells apples for $2 each and oranges for $3 each. If Tom spends exactly $12 on 5 pieces of fruit, how many apples did he buy?
Answer: 3
Let a = apples, o = oranges: a + o = 5 and 2a + 3o = 12; solving gives a = 3, o = 2.